Where's my support item as a melee tank support?

Frontline Fury·11/20/2019, 12:09:21 AM·127 votes·22,895 views

I see the new support item changes, and can only think...

What Taric am Braum i Alistar supposed Blitzcrank to Leona build Nautilus with Shen my Sion severe Volibear poke Chogath susceptibility Malphite and Galio low Gragas regen?

Thanks for just utterly gutting any and all melee champions in bot lane. We get it, you only want to see high burst pure damage casters. We get it already. It's forbidden to play champions without extremely low mana costs and either high range or high Pyke sustain. So where are we supposed to play all the melee tanks that each have abilities that cost 80+ mana at level 1? That's 40% of our max mana pool. With lower mana regen than any other champion class in the game. And now we've lost our health sustain as well.

Am i supposed to bring Taric into top lane with his extremely low base health, gutted base armor and ridiculous mana costs? Am i supposed to start playing Nautilus in mid lane just because the pros pulled it off once or twice?

Are you going to pretend Alistar has been a viable jungler for the past three four years?

No compensation buffs whatsoever? Nothing? You just completely forgot these champions existed because you were so obsessed about all the fancy burst mages and assassins in bot lane and their upcoming pop star + prestige skins?

Just another slap in the face to tank players. I get that we're supposed to soak damage but i wish it didn't have to be psychological as well. Believe it or not, we actually do like being able to play the game. We don't just want to get hit by every new wide-hitbox skillshot on the new super-kiter CC-bot ranged champion/caster of the month.

233 Comments

Arcane Azmadi11/20/2019, 12:25:51 AM36 votes

Look on the bright side, poke supports are getting fucked as well by the removal of the MP5 and on-hit damage on the Spellthief/Sickle line. So it's just going to be an all-ADC party again I guess.

Sir Saltarin11/20/2019, 12:24:48 AM31 votes

Oh boy I have bad news for my premade main Braum.

Fuck this preseason.

Naalith11/20/2019, 2:10:11 AM21 votes

"We hate when game mechanics facilitate low interaction, which is why we're making it so melee tank supports will never ever walk up under any circumstance lest they lose all their health from a mage and have no way to heal it back."

Also, the Aftershock early game nerf also smacks these champions around pretty hard. Even Pyke is gonna get rekt with the relic healing and aftershock stats gone.

ff 20 please ty11/20/2019, 12:15:10 AM21 votes

tbh tanks have had a bad spot for a while in the bot lane now to make it worse kinda sucks for support players, tbh the way to counter it is dont play tanks support, which i know sucks

gibedepusib0ss11/20/2019, 5:10:03 AM21 votes

Another disgusting oversight by Riot. This'll just push the current damage support meta overboard and get rid any diversity in the support role. Forcing junglers and top laners to play the tank every game. I wish they'd stop ruining their own game just for one season, Christ this is awful.

TheFailingMonkey11/20/2019, 1:00:53 AM15 votes

Y'know if you think about it notice that every tank support that has a "chance" of winning lane has a hookThresh Blitzcrank Leona Nautilus (maybe you need to be ranged to win in the first place), every other tank is absolute garbage from the itemizationitem 3190 item 3109 item 3050 (btw these are actually all the items a tank support can actually build, everything else is balanced for regular tanks so when you're a tank support with low gold getting these items is practically impossible), base stats, and how they're removing relic shield's heal for next season. It's already bad with Alistar and Braum win-rate. I truly fear for tanks supports next season.

Spooky Skeleton11/20/2019, 7:06:39 AM11 votes

Season 11 they'll remove tank items Season 12 they'll remove tanks

LightswornLance11/20/2019, 3:17:21 AM11 votes

Actually nautilus was first played in mid top and jungle and slowly over the years has become a support. I wouldn't mind him switching back to a solo laner / jungler.

Troll Slaiyer11/20/2019, 1:10:11 AM7 votes

theyre adding a support item with ad and hp for pyke players only

CaptainAntiHeroz11/20/2019, 12:56:24 AM5 votes

Its still the relic shield line just now there are two options?

Metal Janna11/20/2019, 4:52:39 AM4 votes

Good that tank supports are losing their health sustain. You shouldn't be able to sit around in front of your ADC soaking up pokes and providing kill pressure all lane long without fear of dying because you just heal pokes right off. Poke is supposed to beat tank.

I was disappointed that my Supporianna wouldn't be able to get access to that sustain via new Relic but since tank and hook supports are losing it too it evens out.

preternatural11/20/2019, 1:18:08 AM3 votes

you aren't actually allowed a functioning tank support item because that means tank meta and tank meta is bad times. you can have a barely serviceable item though.

Star PlatinumELO11/20/2019, 4:02:11 AM2 votes

not wasting a thousand gold on the support item makes getting that Crystaline Bracer and boots a hell of a lot fucking easier though, doesn't it?